David Brandenberger (DB):
This is sure not the mullet hairstyle, but rather the self-made changes which I did on the Solatrike myself, and will also still continue to make. What's the second?

PP: Santa Clause:

DB: Oh well, always the
comparisons if you wear a long beard, but I have replaced Rudolf with solar panels.

PP: You've returned back from
Germany to the Czech Republic. What changed, except for the language?

DB: People on the street
have waved back, honking and smiled as I pass by.

PP: Were you never
abused?

DB: Maybe yes, but I don't
get it. However, the facial expression was always friendly.

PP: What was it that you chose
not the most direct way in the Czech Republic?

DB: It had various reasons:
one was that I drove from one campground to another and that has given the route for the most part. Then I wanted to enjoy beautiful landscapes and even divided a daily stretch into two
sometimes. If you look closely at my map entries, it seems partly even so, I was driving in a zigzag instead of to follow the direct road ahead. This in turn was due to the construction sites and
detours. Even when I planned a short route, I suddenly stood at a detour sign.

PP: What did you do
then?

DB: Of course followed the
detour, but sometimes it was no longer marked and ended somewhere out of the way. Then I began spontaneously to find other routes. But in the city is no chance when you don’t have a city map. The
one from downtown helps less when I was been led in a different suburb.

PP: Where was it that
bad?

DB: In Brno, where I had
noticed a nice track, but I was just twice totally lost. First a detour led me from a completely different side to the city and then I also did not find the exit from the city. Fortunately, there
are always helping people, even when a language barrier is in between.

PP: Did you have to drive many
detours?

DB:Not at the beginning, unless still in
Germany, as I wanted to follow the Elbe cycle route. After 200m along the Elbe River a long detour
led me back again and finally I was 100 meters away, where I was bent to the Elbe. In the Czech Republic, I initially went through secluded area, only in the in the cities and their surroundings
the detours have become a problem. It almost seems whether Moravia renewed its entire road network.

PP: I take now a detour back to
Germany: How was the Elbe cycle route from Dresden?

DB: If you like rivers it
is worth a trip. It was pretty steep next to the River, because the River had dug itself deep in the countryside. It's called the "Saxon Switzerland" and is really to recommend staying longer.
Unfortunately, I hurried on, but not unless to take a rise with a 100-year old lift, to see the landscape of a bit higher.

PP: As you arrived in the Czech
Republic you no longer follow the Elbe. Where led your way through?

DB: From Děčín I chose the
road through the hills, and thus quite a bit North of Prague. There were still pretty small lakes where I could camp. Even a new sketch is created thereby. A very nice track was short, but had quite a few meters in altitude inside and I took also the time to wander a bit.

PP: Tell us please where this
was.

DB: That was in the "Czech
Switzerland". There is always the comparison with Switzerland, if the landscape is not flat again. I saw only a small part of the "city of stone" how Hruba Skala is also called, because countless
rock formations in the expansive forest stretching into the sky. This is a climbing paradise for lovers of sandstone.

PP: From there, you followed
the cities.

DB: I got from Jicin to
Hradec Kralové, which I looked at for one day and get beautiful photos. Further, the ride went to Litomysl, where the composer Smetana was born. That is a pretty small town with beautifully
decorated facades - especially the Castle - and a monastery. As I drove on, I discovered a miniature; in Svitavy an even smaller city with an equally beautiful old town, without a Castle or
monastery, but with a lively market. Later the road led over many hills and with two detours toTišnov. On this route, my own trailer
almost overtook me.

PP: You drove probably too
wild!

DB: Not at all. Through the
many bumpy roads, the drawbar got a crack. Luckily I noticed it in time and tied my 20m-long rope around the broken place.

DB: That’s not the goal,
but had to serve only the purpose and so I came still together with the trailer to Tišnov.

PP: What became of the
defective trailer?

DB: A company from the
neighboring village has loaded it on their trailer, welded it in their workshop, add a middle part and after half an hour they were back with the patched trailer... and all this for free, because
they never had patched something crazy like that.

PP: Lucky dog! But that was not
everything that had to be repaired.

DB: The problem with the
energy supply, which suddenly dropped out, had to be resolved. The people of E-pohon found more and more
vulnerabilities. The switches were defective, then the wiring was not optimal and the battery was down the drain. In addition, the chain was already overstretched and they improved some small
details. So the Trike got a new battery, this time with an integrated brain, in order to avoid over - and under voltage...

PP: Explain that to the
technically not savvy readers please.

DB: I have even not a clue
how this works. Anyway, I cannot break the battery, the power turns off before. The new battery now needed a new concept of the wiring and it is newly installed on the rear wheel of the Trike.
Because of that two Pack bags can no longer be mounted, I have put them now in the trailer. I have sorted all the baggage new so that the trailer is almost in balance.

PP: There were also
improvements in the control of the Trike?

DB: I now have a reverse
gear, an electric Horn, a cruise control and the front light I can turn on at the handlebars.

PP: This means that your Trike
was been pimped(overstated improved).

DB: Just like that. It is
even better to drive.

PP: Could you try that?

DB: I had still a week more
time, because I had to be in Uherský Brod not before the beginning of October. So, I changed the route again and went to the places which were originally on the plan. So I could test the Trike
and visit two beautiful cities.

PP: First you got lost twice in
Brno. Isn’t it embarrassing if you lose your way so atrocious, is it?

DB: No, why should it? I
cannot know everywhere the way. It's just tedious, if there is still a long way ahead. But the moon has been ashamed of
me. When I woke up in the middle of the night and looked out, he ran to Crimson with shame.

PP: Which two cities did you
visit then?

DB: This was Olomouc, where
I made a one day break and Kroměříž. The former has a beautiful old town with interesting houses and fountains. The second is especially famous for the large garden, which was built and opened a
new epoch of horticulture.

PP: Have you stayed there on
campsites as well?

DB: No there were any or
were already closed. It was also getting pretty cool and so I prefer a pension.

PP: Finally you're back again
in Uherský Brod.

DB: A scenic route led me
along the Canal and I got back to the starting point. Now the test drive has ended and was evaluated.

PP: How many kilometers on
average did you go a day?

DB: On average 69.6
kilometers a day and total 3567 km in 52 days of driving.

PP: What is the conclusion of
the test round?

DB: The vehicle is usable,
and I will go on.

PP: You mean, you're just
seamlessly continue?

DB: Not entirely seamless.
There had to be made small adjustments to the Trike. But that was made of AZUB in no time and my Trike is even
better.

PP: What had to be done?

DB: A torn out threads on
the front engine mount had to be newly cut, the protection plate at the rear wheel had to be extended, the drawbar had to be shortened and the bars to set up the panels better adapted.
Additionally a few details have been improved. I've then wrapped around a part of the drawbar with black and yellow insulation tape – so one part is now stryped again.

PP: Insider knows now that this
is an allusion to the Christian metal Band Stryper.

DB: Of course! I have even
played Stryper off the speakers, as I drove through Berlin. You can also look at this video.

PP: How far are you now with
the photos and videos?

DB: All photos and videos
from Germany are on the homepage to watch. 90% of the photos and videos from the Czech Republic are already made, and hopefully in the next few days follow the rest. In the Gallery of the Solatrike, you can send in even your own photos and post them(insert).

DB: That was quite cool.
When I traveled at the beginning of the tour to Uherský Brod, I had met Pavel in the train. He is a professional photographer, has worked for many years in the United States and now I've met him
again. After a fun afternoon with much talking shop and a walk through the fair, we decided to do a photo shoot. It would be meant for the local newspaper, but they show no interest for the story
- not yet.

PP: How was it for you to be
photographed?

DB: I'm slowly accustomed
that people on the road take pictures, but THAT was professional work, of course. Modeling was fun too, although I’m not the poser.

PP: How are the photos?

DB: Top notch! I've seen
only a few on the camera monitor, but that was already excellent.

PP: You're just saying that to
flatter.

DB: No way, they are really
good. Sure we get on with ourselves, but he is very professional and well grounded even when he has fun in experimenting.

PP: You hypocrites! Just
because he has said your photos are professional.

DB: What's wrong with you?
Are you going on about me, because no one praises you? That was balm to my photographer’s soul, of course, but I see still a big gap between me and the top. I will never achieve its quality, but
I'm on my way and looking to develop my style.

PP: How will the trip
develop?

DB: Now I'm on my way
through Slovakia and continue through Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, that I get to Greece. That's my plan by now, but Pavel had taught me a good saying: "If you wish make God laugh; tell him
about your plans".